Persha Liga: A pair of participants who have played superbly so far. Get smart on Metal Kharkiv - Polessya with this broad preview!
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (22) in Persha Liga
- Polessya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Metal Kharkiv form and stats
Perfect Persha Liga season at home so far for Metal Kharkiv 3 wins from 3 appearances. Ever since the Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka game Kharkiv has been unbeatable here at Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist producing ten straight wins.
The Metal Kharkiv goalkeeper Olexandr Rybka is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 374 minutes without conceding a goal in the Persha Liga.
A strong away win for Kharkiv against Avanhard the last match, as A. Postupalenko, V. Tanchyk and Matheus Peixoto were on target.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka.The match schedule is unforgiving for Kharkiv as they have a new game in only four days, a Ukrainian Cup match thankfully also at home. Desna are visiting.
Kharkiv are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Defensively Kharkiv have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Polessya form and stats
As the visiting team in Persha Liga matches, Polessya have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
The Polessya goalkeeper Zauri Makharadze is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 236 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Polessya had fun at their own home (Oblasny SportKomplex Metalist) last time out, beating Prykarpattia 2-0. D. Shastal (2) scored.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Uzhhorod at their stadium, the result 2-0.Polessya have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Polessya's manager Y. Kalitvintsev has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira Campos Peixoto 5 goals |  F. Bahlouli 4 goals | E. Banada 3 goals |
Metal Kharkiv missing players
Polessya missing players
| Metal Kharkiv | Polessya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 10 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 50% | 50% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
- All of Metal Kharkiv's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metal Kharkiv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Metal Kharkiv have scored in all their matches so far.
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals (22) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have the the best goal difference (+19) in Persha Liga
- Metal Kharkiv have won all their games so far.
- Metal Kharkiv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Metal Kharkiv haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Metal Kharkiv is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Polessya have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Polessya have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Polessya haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Metal Kharkiv | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 24 |
| 2 | Hirnyk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Polessya | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Obolon'-Brovar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Kremin' | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Avanhard | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Minai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nyva Ternopil' | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Prykarpattia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Volyn | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Olimpik Donetsk | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Hirnyk-Sport | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Uzhhorod | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 1 |